Saturday, August 15

In the news:

Double the RAs, double the resources

Last week, Annie Tao, along with an anonymous resident assistant informant, described the changing student staffing structure on the Hill as “stupid” and going “downhill” (“Too many roles, too little time,” Jan. Read more...


Letter to the editor

Commission regrets inappropriate fliers On behalf of the Campus Events Commission, I would like to apologize for the recent ad for “Unknown White Male,” written about in Friday’s Daily Bruin editorial (“Inappropriate flier disrespects assault victims,” Feb. Read more...




Scheduled speaker promotes intolerance

I was pleased to see Leyla Ozgur’s statement that Islam has no monopoly on truth (“Islamic Awareness Week aims to educate, elucidate,” News, Jan. 31). It seems many Muslims, especially in our current era, have not interpreted their faith that way and believe that Islam does give them a monopoly on truth. Read more...


Education should be objective

At the core of “Professors’ job is to challenge popular thought”(Feb. 2) is the idea that the university’s purpose is to challenge conventional wisdom. If this truly was the role of higher “education,” universities would be little short of disasters. Read more...


Speaks Out

President Bush said we need to develop new energy sources. Do you think we can replace oil within 20 years? Tamara Bendahan First-year, microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics Yeah, I think if we really provided the funding and looked into the different sources I think we could. Read more...